Due to the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand in February, the Japanese- Language Proficiency Test scheduled to be held there in July 2011 has been cancelled.
Those applicants scheduled to take the test in Christchurch are kindly asked to apply to take the test in Wellington or Auckland.

In view of these special circumstances, the application period for Wellington and Auckland has been extended by two weeks to run from March 4th until April 18th.

For more information, please direct any inquiries to the Wellington office of the New Zealand JLPT Administration Committee.

Pass/fail is determined by the examinees’ total score and also their total for each scoring section. In other words, the total score needs to be at or above the point required for passing (overall pass mark), and scores of individual scoring sections need to be at or above the minimum point required for passing (sectional pass marks).
Overall pass marks and sectional pass marks for N4 and N5 are shown in the table below.

Sectional pass marks

Level

Overall pass marks

Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading

Listening

N4

90 points

38 points

19 points

N5

80 points

38 points

19 points

Overall pass marks and sectional pass marks for N1 through N3, which had been announced in August 2010, are shown in the table below.